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  • @Simon-dg2ci
    @Simon-dg2ci 16 дней назад +1652

    Bochum fans boycott away games at Red Bull Leipzig, thats why there weren't many of them. Some other clubs fanbases do it too. For example, Freiburg fans go to their U23 teams game instead of going to RB away.

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +258

      That makes sense!!

    • @Luckychampion-e5j
      @Luckychampion-e5j 16 дней назад +8

      @@awaydaysfootballhello sir es Leeds spending another 16 years in championship

    • @Lukas-gc3wn
      @Lukas-gc3wn 16 дней назад +36

      ​@@awaydaysfootball Almost every organised fan scene in the bundesliga boycotts their games

    • @wither1208
      @wither1208 16 дней назад +20

      ​@awaydaysfootball yeah that's true. Also, Bochum fans are class if you ever are in NRW. Their away support is usually quite good as well. RB with the worst atmosphere in both ends 😂

    • @hofman112
      @hofman112 14 дней назад +2

      I just don't understand how you can hate a club because of tradition in this day and age. We live in capitalism, it's the 21st century. RB Leipzig is only working for the good of German football: the Bundesliga is becoming much more competitive and entertaining. Do you want Bayern to win the league easily every year? Is that really what you want? The German public may have had enough of that, but the DFL does not just show football for the German public!

  • @chandlerinverness8301
    @chandlerinverness8301 16 дней назад +1679

    There were no Bochum fans because the active Fans protest against RBL and thatways do not go to RB

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +130

      Makes sense!

    • @callumkent7155
      @callumkent7155 15 дней назад +83

      @@awaydaysfootball I went Leipzig last year. Enjoyable city. I see a lokomotive game. They are traditionally the biggest club in Leipzig. There is also another club called Chemie Leipzig. They contest the Leipzig derby with lokomotive

    • @buddiemanCrossfire
      @buddiemanCrossfire 15 дней назад +54

      @@callumkent7155 Chemie vs Lok is one of the biggest derbys in germany, Top 10 if not even Top 5. The Derby is not only local, it is also political because Lok is political right and Chmie is political left.

    • @espben360
      @espben360 15 дней назад +5

      @@buddiemanCrossfirethat’s the game to go to in Leipzig!

    • @rvnx_potatoe
      @rvnx_potatoe 14 дней назад

      ​@@callumkent7155Chemie is the biggest club in Leipzig 🟩⬜

  • @ryback1911
    @ryback1911 16 дней назад +637

    Eating Döner (Kebab) with a fork should be a crime.
    And for football Leipzig has two big teams with Chemie and Lok.

    • @santiagon.2104
      @santiagon.2104 16 дней назад +48

      I was shocked when I saw that lmao

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +20

      I don’t want chilli sauce fingers

    • @davinnicode
      @davinnicode 16 дней назад +6

      „Big“ teams which care more about politics than football

    • @TmGino
      @TmGino 15 дней назад +5

      "Big" clubs in division 4 and bs stadiums. They are not even close to be a factor in german football and missed every chances they had in tha past centuries

    • @KnightOfTheCross99
      @KnightOfTheCross99 15 дней назад +12

      ​@@awaydaysfootball That's just part of the experience 😉

  • @robin180hsv
    @robin180hsv 16 дней назад +537

    You're not gonna believe it but the "Ultras" of RB are actually protesting against Red Bull having to much of an influence in the club. Towards the end of last season some of the "Ultras" got banned for using pyro and now they're beefing with the only reason they're somewhat relevant

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +78

      👀👀

    • @blaubeer8039
      @blaubeer8039 16 дней назад +76

      hilarious amounts of doublethink there

    • @KaiGermann
      @KaiGermann 15 дней назад +2

      ​@@blaubeer8039It's sooo funny 😂

    • @monti3699
      @monti3699 14 дней назад +19

      "Ultras" Cant take anyone who supports RB Leipzig serious.

    • @user-wk4zg3fu2k
      @user-wk4zg3fu2k 14 дней назад

      Red Bull dont have Ultras. Only Clowns.

  • @martink7323
    @martink7323 16 дней назад +693

    Lokomotive und Chemie Leipzig still control the city. Look at the streetart. They have big fanbases and both average attendances around 5000 in the 4th division. A lot of people going to RB Leipzig used to follow those teams in the past but dogded them for not being succesfull enough, probably even before RB Leipzig was founded. They don't care about the club, they just want to watch succesful football. Fair enough, but thats not what german football culture is about. If Red Bull decides not to sponsor this club anymore it will vanish.

    • @FR-dx5xc
      @FR-dx5xc 16 дней назад +83

      For Chemie that might be true...
      But for Lok there are a bunch of really good other reasons to stop supporting, my man.
      Some people just don't like standing shoulder to shoulder with Nazi-imbeciles themselves, or their symphatisants, within the block.
      It's just simple as that.

    • @hyenalaughingmatter8103
      @hyenalaughingmatter8103 16 дней назад +8

      @@FR-dx5xc You reather stand shoulder with shoulder with Muhammed who loves your neck I understand.

    • @ullc6155
      @ullc6155 16 дней назад +5

      „control the city” klingt ja als hätten die die Stadt eingenommen. 😅

    • @jankastrup3593
      @jankastrup3593 16 дней назад +46

      @@hyenalaughingmatter8103 touch grass and go outside

    • @DanNick.Daniel
      @DanNick.Daniel 15 дней назад +3

      @@FR-dx5xc wasn't this always a problem with Lok? So why should you dodge the games if you were fine with it before?

  • @PaulPiraat
    @PaulPiraat 16 дней назад +86

    I went to Leizpig for the Netherlands v France game at the euros and had a great time, lovely little city centre and an amazing stadium. Glad I didn't have to endure an RB Leipzig game for the experience

  • @JCDBECKS
    @JCDBECKS 16 дней назад +307

    Anyone else notice the irony that Ellis’ room door was 404 😂

  • @DanRobards
    @DanRobards 16 дней назад +117

    "Modern innit" to a train station built a hundred years ago. Love Bens analysis sometimes haha

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +8

      Amazing in depth knowledge from us as per

    • @nomedocanal8496
      @nomedocanal8496 День назад

      You may say that's when the modernism current in architecture started...

  • @alexanderterhaar9388
    @alexanderterhaar9388 15 дней назад +69

    It’s quite interesting that, historically, East German football clubs in the former GDR were always linked to a certain company. The other two traditional clubs of Leipzig are called Lokomotiv and Chemie. Lokomotiv belonged to the railway company while Chemie belonged to the local chemical industry, just like Chemie Halle (now Hallescher FC). Dynamo Dresden belonged to the police department while Dynamo Berlin belonged to the Ministry of State Security. The main economic activity in Cottbus was its energy plant, hence the football club Energie Cottbus. Erzgebirge Aue used to be called Pneumatik Aue and later Wismut Aue and was owned by the local construction tool company, with Hansa Rostock being owned by the local fishing industry and FSV Zwickau, then called Motor Zwickau, being owned by the local car and engine manufacturing company.

    • @KaiGermann
      @KaiGermann 15 дней назад +7

      Great summary 🤜🏼🤛🏼

    • @antirb9197
      @antirb9197 15 дней назад +22

      Not comparable because these clubs are not an ad. They are more comparable to Leverkusen probably

    • @vitus6897
      @vitus6897 14 дней назад +2

      As far as i know they weren't owned by the companies. Those we're more Like assigned sponsors

    • @blaubeer8039
      @blaubeer8039 13 дней назад +14

      For clarification because some of these replies seem to miss this: the GDR was a planned economy meaning all those "companies" were publicly owned enterprises not meant to generate private revenue for themselves at all. So the concepts of the Clubs "advertising" or "being sponsored" etc don't make any sense really (there was No capitalism incentive for that sort of thing, it's all publicly owned anyway), the sports teams were organized this way for logistical reasons (to have players be paid as workers of said enterprise as pro athlethism wasn't officially a thing).
      It's basically the complete opposite as RB (a private company within capitalism out there to generate $$$) owning a Club for advertising

    • @yomintyfresh
      @yomintyfresh 13 дней назад

      I'd love to see more Away Days at stadiums in the former GDR. Ellis at a Jena-Erfurt derby, anyone?

  • @vlogimblock
    @vlogimblock 16 дней назад +41

    @awaydays Bochum didnt sell out their away end because most german Fans boycott the Away game in Leipzig. thats why there is barely anyone in the away end

  • @aramsden6859
    @aramsden6859 15 дней назад +29

    Love the new format of actually checking out the cities or towns of the places you're visiting. Gives the skint and tied down people amongst us a chance to experience new places!

  • @jackorooney1469
    @jackorooney1469 16 дней назад +88

    Wouldn’t RB Salzburg be more hated considering they stole one of the biggest Austrian clubs to make the new club

    • @FalseNi9e
      @FalseNi9e 16 дней назад +5

      That's what I understand

    • @yaneyd93
      @yaneyd93 16 дней назад +40

      They are both hated

    • @Supersd_
      @Supersd_ 16 дней назад +8

      Salzburg took over austria salzburg. They would have gone bankrupt if they werent taken over by rb. But yeah they are unfortunetly hated in austria

    • @matthiasriemer
      @matthiasriemer 15 дней назад +13

      I am from Austria and was a big fan of Austria Salzburg in the 90s. But then die club declined and nearly went bankrupt. Without Red Bull there would be no professional football team in Salzburg i think. And the investment of Red Bull liftet the Austrian football to a much higher level.

    • @ixodesricinus3001
      @ixodesricinus3001 15 дней назад +6

      Salzburg is for austrians what leipzig is to eastern germans. RB elevated the level of football there and therefore the ppl dont care that much about the construct behind it.

  • @tylercasson6057
    @tylercasson6057 16 дней назад +131

    17:18 No way you used the RB Salzburg hockey club's crest 😂

    • @SiggiLo_DIF1891
      @SiggiLo_DIF1891 16 дней назад

      Lol😂

    • @lukas6824
      @lukas6824 15 дней назад +13

      Says it all about this fucking RedBull sports empire lol

  • @Sn0wmead
    @Sn0wmead 16 дней назад +92

    15:43 “It’s a young history” No it’s no history with a position in the league bought and paid for by Red Bull. The club that they erased had history, not this energy drink advertisement.
    Also in regard to the Bochum fans, lots of clubs boycott their games at Leipzig because of their existence and how they’re run. Which is why their away allocation isn’t sold out.

    • @markcraggs6471
      @markcraggs6471 16 дней назад +6

      They didn’t erase any history though. SSV Markranstädt still exist, with all of their history in tact.

    • @danielaraujo498
      @danielaraujo498 15 дней назад +1

      they literally just do what english clubs do, i dont see why its such a big deal

    • @schadland
      @schadland 15 дней назад +9

      ​​@@danielaraujo498the big deal is that they literally just do what english clubs do! Clubs are run their members and not by countries, sheikhs, billionaires or f*cking energy drinks

    • @antirb9197
      @antirb9197 15 дней назад

      ​@@danielaraujo498tell me what english club completely is an advertisment

    • @schleifenquantengravitation
      @schleifenquantengravitation 15 дней назад

      @@markcraggs6471 Yes thats right, but some people would rather hate than think.

  • @ocean9131
    @ocean9131 16 дней назад +80

    Always love seeing Ben the goat appear on a small channel for support

  • @ThexWHAMx
    @ThexWHAMx 16 дней назад +74

    I highly recommend Gladbach. Went there last season, sat next to the away end which was also Bochum that day. Met a group of Germans lads, some of which were Bochum fans and ended up having a massive session with them in Cologne.

    • @Mr-Squeeky
      @Mr-Squeeky 16 дней назад +7

      I was at Gladbach the night before this Leipzig match. It was the opener versus Bayer. It was indeed an incredible experience. The atmosphere was truly stunning.

    • @turtlewhohatescabbage1157
      @turtlewhohatescabbage1157 15 дней назад +6

      So the reason you recommend Gladbach is because Bochum away lads and you drank in Cologne? Okay kind of random :D

    • @justsomeguy2743
      @justsomeguy2743 15 дней назад +10

      Gladbach Fans are incredible, they even helped the families of the Hillsborough disaster raising money to give to them, will always love that club as a “second” club

    • @ThexWHAMx
      @ThexWHAMx 15 дней назад

      @@turtlewhohatescabbage1157 hahaha yeah forget to mention the atmosphere was class as well 😂

    • @mortezz1268
      @mortezz1268 15 дней назад +1

      A massive session?

  • @reverendball
    @reverendball 16 дней назад +20

    AwayDates is a genius spinoff idea, go to a random city and see if you can convince a Hinge/Tinder date to come join you for a date at the match on the day

    • @melo1890
      @melo1890 14 дней назад

      he’d defo end up as a suspected serial killer 😂

    • @davidblancarte4839
      @davidblancarte4839 10 дней назад

      He could just Collab with a football creator from that city, sit down and have a chat

  • @karkacesub
    @karkacesub 16 дней назад +122

    Ben is so cool! Just jumps in no cares! Absolute legend

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +5

      He’s the greatest

    • @callumkent7155
      @callumkent7155 14 дней назад

      @@awaydaysfootball Ellis try and do a legia Warsaw game. You will be amazed

  • @calebdunn333
    @calebdunn333 15 дней назад +18

    Trashes German fan culture and then immediately misses the goal while waiting in line for a drink

  • @BannersOnTheWall
    @BannersOnTheWall 16 дней назад +101

    "Tradition starts somewhere" - yeah lad. You're in Leipzig. The place the DFB was founded. You have Lok Leipzig who played in a European final. Chemie won two league titles in East Germany. You've got tradition on your doorstep

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +11

      Unreal

    • @BannersOnTheWall
      @BannersOnTheWall 16 дней назад +8

      ​@awaydaysfootball football in the former East Germany was wild. Suspected government involvement in fixing games, 100% government doping of national team players, players and whole clubs picked up and moved at the will of administrators, insane team names, it's quite literally bonkers.
      Leipzig's a city with a pretty crackers football story all in all.

    • @spikeychris
      @spikeychris 15 дней назад +5

      @@BannersOnTheWall And how many of the teams from East Germany now play in the top division in Germany? Union Berlin and Leipzig are the only 2 and a big reason for that is the 50+1 rule. I get why the rule exists BUT it does significantly benefit clubs from the richer West German than the poorer East.

    • @Noah-rw9on
      @Noah-rw9on 15 дней назад +4

      @@spikeychris but the problem is not the 50 plus 1 rule. The Problems are the still ongoing huge infrastructural differences between east and west germany

    • @spikeychris
      @spikeychris 15 дней назад

      @@Noah-rw9on yes that plays a role as well but the 50 plus 1 rule also helps keep western german football clubs in the ascendency because they are in a more wealthy regions generally.

  • @kristof018
    @kristof018 15 дней назад +12

    It should be Puskás Akadémia, the Hungarian giant club is located in a 1000 person small village which is famous of the football club, and the village's famous born: Viktor Orbán who is the Hungarian prime minister, the stadium is almost in Viktor's old house's back garden.

  • @JKribbit
    @JKribbit 16 дней назад +16

    23:23 As a subscriber from Thailand, you can defenitely buy love in Thailand, and much more.

  • @itmkoeln
    @itmkoeln 16 дней назад +29

    Leipzig not selling out games is kinda a meme...
    When I was in Leipzig 2020 for Dreamhack 2020 in february I literally would have been given tickets for free... They were asking people in the city centre if they were up to watch Bundesliga... Because that fixture was nowhere near to be sold out. And they didn't could have had that...
    I had to leave that day tough back to my at the time home Cologne.
    And despite them rarely selling out, you literally have to buy fixtures as a combi ticket. Top fixtures like Bayer, Bayern, Dortmund with literally Heidenheim, Bochum and the like...

    • @antirb9197
      @antirb9197 15 дней назад +2

      It's so emberassing, I love it 😂

    • @raphael5653
      @raphael5653 9 дней назад

      Making fun of the most hated club for not having so many fans is kinda stupid. You could blame them for the way they were founded instead of laughing about them for not filling their stadium completely for a match against Bochum.

    • @itmkoeln
      @itmkoeln 6 дней назад

      @@raphael5653 meanwhile my club you rarely get tickets on the free market.
      And that is regardless they struggled to stay in the Bundesliga. Köln is selling out basically to members only. You can get Women’s and U21 or U18 tickets but rarely Bundesliga. The only time in the current season you could get tickets on the free market it was Köln - Braunschweig (after Braunschweig haven’t sold their allocated away tickets in full)
      Which has been a rare sight for Köln since we were in lofty heights of Europa League and Coference League

  • @joshteweles221
    @joshteweles221 16 дней назад +5

    I’m old enough to remember watching Lokomotiv Leipzig in the Cup Winners Cup final in 1987: they lost to Ajax with the goal scored by a young Marco van Basten.

  • @johnsbox
    @johnsbox 16 дней назад +10

    You may not be old enough to remember Lokomotive Leipzig which was a strong East German club, such as Dynamo Dresden and FC Magdeburg often representing that country in various European competitions. Though I;m surprised as you are well read when it comes to football.

  • @JXG9
    @JXG9 16 дней назад +18

    The second Ben joined in on that dance with strangers I knew that this was the Year of Ben. Expecting massive things from him this year

  • @ocean9131
    @ocean9131 16 дней назад +513

    Idk, Leeds comes a close second

    • @animamaster
      @animamaster 16 дней назад +64

      As someone who has no quarrel against Leeds, I think I hate them more than RB Leipzig

    • @markmorgan6231
      @markmorgan6231 16 дней назад +15

      Leeds is 1st

    • @Villi23
      @Villi23 16 дней назад +1

      Norwich?

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +56

      Ocean I will cry

    • @Aaron1993uk
      @Aaron1993uk 16 дней назад +5

      ALAW 💛💙💛

  • @nikglasyt
    @nikglasyt 13 дней назад +9

    Its actually not the italian "ciao" but, german "tschau" which means bye

  • @brownpemo4342
    @brownpemo4342 16 дней назад +5

    really liked the new video style did enjoy seeing more of the city and the boys walking around

  • @Zonk420
    @Zonk420 16 дней назад +41

    That's a funny way of saying MK Dons

    • @joebradfield6549
      @joebradfield6549 16 дней назад +3

      It’s German way haha

    • @-wealuka7367
      @-wealuka7367 16 дней назад +11

      I'd like to think MK Dons is more irrelevant than hated

  • @berlinistrotweiss
    @berlinistrotweiss 16 дней назад +27

    WAAAAAS STEHT AN JEDER ECKE!?

  • @Sappy1738
    @Sappy1738 16 дней назад +179

    Skin looking class mate

  • @DanNick.Daniel
    @DanNick.Daniel 15 дней назад +50

    you cannot buy tradition. A club's history starts in a low league and develops by honest success, not by pay2win.

    • @olec3448
      @olec3448 11 дней назад

      fckn hypocrite.

  • @brianmoore6724
    @brianmoore6724 15 дней назад +3

    Sadly as a fan of Casino Salzburg back in the early 90's when I lived for a year near the Stadion Lehen RB did buy them out and change everything just like Leipzig. The sad part is that when I went back for a Austrian Bundesliga game during one of my visits it was empty. And I mean empty. It was cold, but that's winter in Europe and doesn't keep you guys inside so when I asked friends they said there isn't much support for them because they continually dominate the Austrian Bundesliga and then crash out early doors from the Champions League. True old school fans miss the purple and white and what Salzburg football used to be. As mentioned below it may have gone bankrupt so RB saved it but a lot (for lack of a better word) support a restart of the old Salzburg Austria club that plays in lower divisions still and at a small field on the other side of the airport from the big stadium. I haven't made it to one of those yet but I plan to

  • @abillcherno7782
    @abillcherno7782 16 дней назад +10

    16:53 why did you have to do me like that Ellis?! 😭 I’m Italian born and bred and I look just like you 😭

  • @a.j.petrarca2268
    @a.j.petrarca2268 16 дней назад +2

    If you want to experience an MLS club with more history and excitement, I can't recommend a trip to Columbus enough. First team in the league, and currently one of the best in the league, but you gotta get here before Wilfried Nancy gets poached by a Europen club. Absolutely top class manager.

  • @LokFansUSA
    @LokFansUSA 16 дней назад +4

    Red Bull has given this great historical football city an awful reputation and they couldn't care less because MONEY 🤑 🤑 🤑

  • @shmooveyea
    @shmooveyea 15 дней назад +2

    Difference in the MLS is that the only team that goes nuts and shows up is Columbus Crew while in Germany the only team that _doesn't_ is RB

  • @ActionJonson
    @ActionJonson 15 дней назад +4

    Apart from the whole Red Bull thing, it is really strange to me that people from Leipzig would choose to support RB Leipzig given that the city already has two main teams with big histories (Lok and Chemie). I could understand it more if the club was located in a big city with no major football teams.
    Also I have a friend who has a season ticket for VfB Stuttgart. He has been to every home game in the last 10 years or so except the games against Leipzig. He also doesn't watch the games on TV when we play them away.

    • @nari5025
      @nari5025 14 дней назад

      It's precisely because of this. (I'm from Aue, not Leipzig, but sufficiently close I suppose)
      Lok (VfB) and Chemie (Sachsen) Leipzig have tons of history between them. The First all german Champion in 1903, the East german rivalry, both relatively successful until East germany fell off. Both bancrupt a few times since.
      An interresting picture of the interweaving club histories I found...
      de.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Sachsen_Leipzig#/media/Datei:FC_Sachsen_Leipzig_grafische_Historie.png (blue Lok and green Chemie)
      Bottom line is: they hate each other. With a passion. And no one in their right mind is going to touch any of them. And most important both seem to be okay with that.
      So the best thing anyone could do was found a completely new club to rally around. (Well, Markranstädt... almost nobody knew or cared about before the takeover. It's still not the _right_ way to do it, but it was a way to get away with.)
      Do i like the red bull way? No. Certainly not in football. They do some fancy niche sports though. Do I support a L team? No. We have football at home here. L is a 30 times bigger city so I'm not mad they have a team in a higher league. What I do understand is people being sick of the Lok/Chemie rivalry ruining both clubs and wanting a new start.

    • @ajibolavincent5496
      @ajibolavincent5496 8 дней назад

      People hate failure. the energy drink club has played in the UCL or UEL since promotion. Also, won the DFB Pokal in the 21/22 and 22/23 seasons.

    • @CollineinfachCollinex
      @CollineinfachCollinex 5 дней назад +1

      Because I as a person from Leipzig just think that the to be 6th biggest city in Germany (currently 8th) should have an adequate representation in terms of football quality. Honestly, Lok and Chemie are a shame from a football perspective. At this point they are just angry children because they are not relevant

    • @arturkraus2162
      @arturkraus2162 Час назад

      ⁠@@CollineinfachCollinexBut how is it „adequate representation“ for an Eastern German city when an Austrian company basically ignores your values, buys your heritage and completely derails it? There has barely been any player from Eastern Germany even playing for Leipzig in recent years - with the exception of some youth players who only made a few appearances.

  • @mrraccoon6264
    @mrraccoon6264 16 дней назад +34

    Red Bull sponsors Leeds.....Maybe they should be called RB Leedszig

    • @user-uj3wn2ne3f
      @user-uj3wn2ne3f 16 дней назад +1

      🤫🤫🤫🤫😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️🫥🫥 Don't give em Ideas!! ⬜🟨🟦🟨⬜

  • @SimpaLimpaADHD
    @SimpaLimpaADHD 16 дней назад +3

    We have the same rule in Sweden. Thanks to it we still have been able to avoid VAR being implemented.

  • @trippydrew8492
    @trippydrew8492 13 дней назад +3

    Should've asked if the sold Monster

  • @dedy1
    @dedy1 16 дней назад +30

    Awaydays:
    1% Football
    99% Messing Around

  • @TheFrommerhold
    @TheFrommerhold 5 дней назад

    Really enjoyed the video, also subscribed. I think you should get a bigger microphone or a small one that's attached to your shirt. However these were some interesting and fun impressions! Cheers from Kiel

  • @Simon-dg2ci
    @Simon-dg2ci 16 дней назад +42

    Theres no thing such as "RB Leipzig ultras". The support of this plastic club goes against all ultra principles

  • @LWeber-yw6zb
    @LWeber-yw6zb 6 дней назад

    The funny thing is, they built the RedBull Leipzig Stadium inside an old traditional stadium that could fit 100.000 to have a capacity of 40.000 seats only for Leipzig to be unable to fill the stadium

  • @halnone
    @halnone 16 дней назад +16

    You should've talked a bit about the history of football in East Germany. I don't think these fans are "glory hunters", they're just happy to finally have a club in the top division. For all the hate that Red Bull gets, it's nice to see them invest in East German football.

    • @nunocspinto
      @nunocspinto 15 дней назад

      That's actually a good point... Looking for maps (available on Reddit) for the 3 top divisions of Germany, i can count 8 clubs on the East Germany site. Two of them are Herta Berlin and Union Berlin.
      It's true that RB Leipzig is "artificial" in a sense, but having a top flight for the people in Leipzig is a "win". I get the point for the german supporters to protest against it. It's a fair thing to do.

    • @the_l_generator1779
      @the_l_generator1779 13 дней назад +1

      Not glory Hunters but happy to have a club in the first division. That is the definition of a glory hunter. They are not fans of a football club but customers of a marketing product and only care for the success and are happy to ignore the unfair advantages Red Bull has in comparison to other clubs in Germany.

    • @halnone
      @halnone 12 дней назад +3

      @@the_l_generator1779 Nice job completely missing my point. It's about representation. Look at the state of East German football then compare it to what Red Bull has been able to give the region.

    • @nunocspinto
      @nunocspinto 12 дней назад +1

      @@the_l_generator1779 Wrong, as @halnone said, you missed the point completely. That region had almost nothing. Then, one club started climbing. Climbing gathers supporters, fanbase. Ok, I agree that there's some marketing involved. But it's for the greater good, the existance of a club. If only old clubs deserve support, due to their supporters not being "glory hunting" (in your POV), nobody will create a new club anywhere...

    • @the_l_generator1779
      @the_l_generator1779 12 дней назад

      @@nunocspinto They did not climb. They bought a starting place in the 5. division and than due to being a marketing product and circumventing 50+1 more then Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim etc. could spend huge and buy a squad that easily got to all division. I am sorry that East Germany has no clubs in higer division but Red Bull can never be accepted. And yeah nobody should just start a club. There are enough clubs with history in Germany so we do not need more marketing products.

  • @chinonson
    @chinonson 16 дней назад +5

    Why is Ben low-key a mad man great dancing 😂😂😂

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +1

      He’s a legend of the game isn’t he

    • @chinonson
      @chinonson 15 дней назад

      @@awaydaysfootball i feel like every ep we are just slowly stepping into his world i love him !!!

  • @niallmurphy3850
    @niallmurphy3850 16 дней назад +3

    I think any 5th tier team being brought out, rebranded but heavily funded to the prem would get over it and enjoy the times ahead.
    Imagine Bromley being called Dragonsoup FC and being in the prem/ Europe😂

    • @melo1890
      @melo1890 14 дней назад +1

      not when fans are priced out of watching their team and have their identity, colours, badge and history all banished

    • @LPphil99
      @LPphil99 14 дней назад +2

      Maybe because in England it is pretty common that a club gets bought by a billionare or some Saudis. I don't think it is comparable to Germany.
      I support a fourth-tier-club in Germany and if that kind of rebranding like with RB Leipzig happened to us I would straight up stop supporting them.

  • @leondore
    @leondore 16 дней назад +2

    I just noticed, the reservation sign thingy at 26:06 says "At 6:30 pm we're looking forward to... Mrs Ellis Platten and her company". If you booked a table online they must have thought Ellis was a female name haha

  • @thomasandrewclifford
    @thomasandrewclifford 16 дней назад +9

    MK Dons fans breathing a sigh of relief.

    • @user-sn2se6zw8x
      @user-sn2se6zw8x 16 дней назад +5

      What fans

    • @Uk_old_timer
      @Uk_old_timer 16 дней назад +2

      They just shouldn't breath tbf.

    • @sebastianbelcher5354
      @sebastianbelcher5354 16 дней назад

      I wish USA sports fans would hold clubs here as accountable. Teams move all the time. It is so aggravating.

  • @Isaac-xj3wm
    @Isaac-xj3wm 14 дней назад

    Hi Ellis, I hope u see this. I once met you in the classic football shirts on Manchester and was amazed by how kind and humble you were. I wish you all the best.

  • @DK-ts3ij
    @DK-ts3ij 16 дней назад +4

    You have to come to Max Morlock Stadium in Nuremberg. 👀💕

  • @eddietheirishgamer
    @eddietheirishgamer 14 дней назад +1

    You need to go to a derry city match we want to see you in the brandywell

  • @AtzeHHouse
    @AtzeHHouse 14 дней назад +7

    Having been to a couple RB matches when they were in the lower leagues, the point about there being a sanitized match day experience is actually a big draw for a lot of fans. Leipzig’s traditional clubs (Chemie and Lok) both have had and still have massive issues with riots, hooliganism and general mismanagement. My feeling was that lots of people in Leipzig just want to be able to watch a somewhat successful team in peace.

    • @TheHesseJames
      @TheHesseJames 12 дней назад

      RB could sell the Club anytime to Putin for a huge profit. Would be quite fitting in so many ways.

    • @brianbrucker71
      @brianbrucker71 11 дней назад +3

      @@TheHesseJames here’s the award for the stupidest comment 🏆enjoy!!😊

    • @TheHesseJames
      @TheHesseJames 11 дней назад

      @@brianbrucker71 Thank you very much, I will.

  • @CiaranArcher
    @CiaranArcher 16 дней назад +1

    What a video.. reminds me of the old school copa 90 days.
    Leipzig has a similar vibe to Hoffenheim also in the Bundesliga.. when I went ads for Audi & SAP overpowered the noise of the fans every few minutes…

  • @myoung33333
    @myoung33333 16 дней назад +4

    15:21 if you put his facial hair with Ellis’s, you’d nearly get a full beard

  • @achselotti
    @achselotti 13 дней назад

    Living in Leipzig myself, I‘d agree on the term »family club«. To me, it feels like the experience tends to be one of a more casual activity that’s just as entertaining as anything you’d be doing on your typical weekend alone or with your kids. I think the brand(!) Red Bull, what they do and what they stand for besides selling beverages, emphasises that sort of entertainment. The target group of the clubs fanbase is literally the average Joe - they even partnered with the city of Leipzig to include some benefits (2x free or reduced tickets to a game I believe and some other little goodies) in their welcoming gift for citizens who’d move here. Ofc they target football enthusiasts; they have fan organisations and »Ultras« as well but for the most part i perceive it as described. Since the club does have little history to some or none according to others, there just isn’t that immersive, exciting and dramatic atmosphere you would get during a game of a traditional club.
    Yet, I don’t think it’s entirely reprehensible because football should be enjoyable in a way where you don’t necessarily have to be a die-hard stan to feel included. And it’s RedBull still - they don’t have to try that much anyway…
    On the other hand, the issue with the 50+1 rule and RB Staff making up most of the club‘s members is just horrific. I bet it’d be different if ordinary fans would be allowed to participate more and requirements for membership were adjusted. But for that, i think that literal industry plant of a football club has yet to achieve anything decent for people to care more about that situation. Evidently, they do not yet.
    Anyways, great video and hope the two of you had a good time staying here!

  • @mrdfpiii
    @mrdfpiii 16 дней назад +6

    So, a severed bulls head isn't a glass bottle or a packet of fruit pastilles you bought at the nearest LIDL. That's why you can bring it in to a football stadium. Very specific rules.

  • @Knishmaster
    @Knishmaster 15 дней назад +1

    Not talking about football, just to give you some more information about the city: Leipzig is actually a booming city. The fastest growing in Germany which has lots of green areas and many hip districs. People call it the new Berlin because many of the so called cool people move from there, also because Berlin rents became to expensive.

  • @markmeddlock558
    @markmeddlock558 16 дней назад +28

    In Leipzig nur Chemie und Lok!

    • @THHaci
      @THHaci 15 дней назад +3

      Richtig und Wichtig!

    • @pattevargas7688
      @pattevargas7688 15 дней назад +2

      In der Regionalliga😂

    • @boki9076
      @boki9076 15 дней назад +3

      ⁠Vereinsliebe steht immer über Erfolg, scheiß egal, welche Liga

    • @pattevargas7688
      @pattevargas7688 15 дней назад

      @@boki9076 Klar, rede dir das nur ein😂

    • @THHaci
      @THHaci 15 дней назад +4

      @@pattevargas7688 was warst du für ein Fan vor 2009?

  • @wvp_sleepy6903
    @wvp_sleepy6903 10 часов назад

    Maybe, you could do a series where u try every Bratwurst in the Bundesliga. We in Bochum always get told we got the best. But I really wanna know your opinion ^^

  • @LeeMoore-tu4gr
    @LeeMoore-tu4gr 16 дней назад +16

    Ellis is great...but BEN is GOATED!!!!!! 🐐🐐🐐

    • @joebradfield6549
      @joebradfield6549 16 дней назад

      How can you forget about Alfie he’s the real goat 🐐

  • @2legit2quit_3d4
    @2legit2quit_3d4 15 дней назад +5

    If you go to a 3rd division game, for example the game Between Dresden and Cottbus, you have way more tradition and way louder fans than RB Leipzig will never accomplish!

    • @olec3448
      @olec3448 11 дней назад +1

      its a different experience. they chant, sing, scream right wing paroles, make monkey sounds towards players of african descent, the teams can play 3 consecutive passes and on the other side you only have champions league football.

  • @jayemmsea
    @jayemmsea 12 дней назад

    The stadium used to be a 100,000-seater and when they renovated it for the World Cup they basically built a new one inside the old bowl to downsize it

  • @alexhardcastle4522
    @alexhardcastle4522 16 дней назад +6

    Is it me or is Ellis glow up is next level

  • @Duckguymusic
    @Duckguymusic 15 дней назад

    "the hardest geeser" joke including the timing feels like you've nabbed that quip off neive hahahaha

  • @thebigmarvinski
    @thebigmarvinski 16 дней назад +5

    the elephant in the room no one talks about is how the fall of the wall ruined a lot of East German clubs as players left for big wages in the west. As much as they are hated RB are the only club in the top flight in the East

    • @blaubeer8039
      @blaubeer8039 16 дней назад +1

      wrong, Union Berlin is still up too

    • @frissundverreckdran7542
      @frissundverreckdran7542 16 дней назад +4

      RB is no "east German" club though. They were "founded" after the fall of the wall. Only real eastern Bundesliga team in terms of history is Union. Technically RB isnt even a German club since their headquarters are in Austria.

    • @ajibolavincent5496
      @ajibolavincent5496 8 дней назад +1

      Energie Cottbus and Erzgebirge Aue are yoyo clubs between 2 Bundesliga and 3 Liga. Hansa ROstock were relegated last season to the 3 Liga as well.

  • @johncostello1446
    @johncostello1446 13 дней назад +1

    stumbled across you very funny enjoyed, I think the blue team in glasow is a much newer football club

  • @MatthiaGryffine
    @MatthiaGryffine 16 дней назад +4

    I feel bad for the people of Leipzig because it's not their fault

    • @sebastiandt928
      @sebastiandt928 16 дней назад

      Real football fans dont support Red Bull in Leipzig tho. They still can go to Lok or Chemie Leipzig, two big traditional clubs. You dont have to feel bad for capitalistic rats that hate football culture so much that they support Red Bull

    • @the_l_generator1779
      @the_l_generator1779 13 дней назад

      Lok Leipzig and Chemie Leipzig are right there. No need to feel sorry for the people of Leipzig. They have other options than Red Bull.

  • @michaelwhittaker8180
    @michaelwhittaker8180 10 дней назад

    Forgive me if this has been said elsewhere in the comments but I think you should go to a Saudi League game. Not sure if anyone would hate a particular club there but there’s certainly a lot of animosity towards their teams taking players in the primes of their careers from the established big leagues.

  • @animamaster
    @animamaster 16 дней назад +12

    22:58 I disagree with this. Most MLS teams are franchises, which means their base is only made of people who support that team because it's the big team of the area.
    True passion comes in the USL with all the local communities of the teams getting involved in making the club mean somethint

    • @awaydaysfootball
      @awaydaysfootball  16 дней назад +8

      That’s the point though haha, I didn’t slate it either, I love MLS

    • @chadchadderton
      @chadchadderton 16 дней назад +8

      except for the fact that USL teams are also franchises and their fan base is largely made up of people who support that team because it's the biggest in the area (as far as the USL championship is concerned)

    • @jldch26
      @jldch26 12 дней назад

      All pro sports in the U.S. are pretty much franchises. USL run a franchise based league with requirements to be in certain leagues as well, which is why some are destined to be stuck in League One forever as they probably will never meet the requirements to move up to the Championship

  • @aarond23
    @aarond23 16 дней назад +2

    Welcome to 24-25 season...looking forward to some good vlogs!

  • @bigbrother-d8w
    @bigbrother-d8w 16 дней назад +8

    brother, you used a fork to eat Döner?! Why where there no talahons around to set you straight.

    • @Wasistdenhierlos
      @Wasistdenhierlos 13 дней назад

      Gibt döner die extra so sind das die dann so voll sind, bzw. liegt eher am Brot und wie‘s gefüllt wird, dass du erst mit der Gabel bisschen was raus essen musst. Ist tatsächlich sogar näher am Original als ‚normal‘

  • @itshopey123
    @itshopey123 16 дней назад +1

    Another cracking video Ellis! Looking forward to the next one!

  • @markmeddlock558
    @markmeddlock558 16 дней назад +22

    NeinZuRb!

  • @fighter612
    @fighter612 4 дня назад

    The big problem with the game against Bochum was that the active fan community boycotted the game at the beginning because, according to their statements, there were many arbitrary stadium bans against some chaotic people. It was also extremely hot that day, which is why many people only stood in the shade and were not in their seats. If you really want to see a game in Leipzig, where there is more going on, you have to come against the big clubs or against Union Berlin (due to the location it is declared a derby).
    Many who go to RB don't care that they hate you so much because in Leipzig you can see that money is used sensibly and you don't spend millions on "finished" players. Rather, you buy young players, some of whom are unknown, and develop them further and simply play very nice football.
    Sorry for the bad English.

    • @Dennisisdaa
      @Dennisisdaa 2 дня назад

      Jeder einzelne Union Fan würde dir widersprechen das ein Derby zu nennen.

    • @fighter612
      @fighter612 2 дня назад

      @@Dennisisdaa deswegen habe ich auch geschrieben dass es lokal gesehen ein Derby ist. Dass man es sportlich nicht als Derby sieht stimme ich dir voll und ganz zu.
      Dir einen schönen Tag ✌️

    • @Dennisisdaa
      @Dennisisdaa 2 дня назад +1

      @@fighter612 Alles klar verstehe. Dir ebenfalls einen schönen Tag : )

  • @Chovieisin08
    @Chovieisin08 16 дней назад +3

    big up the awaydays

  • @barrettstreeter1850
    @barrettstreeter1850 12 дней назад

    You hit 10k likes! We want that video you promised🎉

  • @kylecorman7859
    @kylecorman7859 16 дней назад +10

    I agree with you that by the looks of it the environment was very much like MLS. That said, I would then suggest you return to Leipzig and see a game with Lokomotive. Compare the experiences

    • @yaneyd93
      @yaneyd93 16 дней назад

      I like Lok and the old school ground looks amazing but the stands are way to far from the pitch and make a good atmosphere almost impossible. Chemie is the place to be for a good atmosphere in Leipzig.

  • @gazzadona
    @gazzadona 16 дней назад

    I can’t lie when I went to their game before the atmosphere was amazing for it. It did help it finished 8-2 with a hat trick of goals and assists in the same game

  • @robingpes4402
    @robingpes4402 16 дней назад +5

    Red Bull Fans were protesting the first 10 minutes because the club does not allow pyro, taking the season-tickets from people who hold the pyro and they does not allow choreos. That's why they protesting.
    Bochum didn't sold out because they were boycotting RB Leipzig. You saw no Flags, no Banners because there were no ultras. (still louder than the RB Fans)

    • @the_l_generator1779
      @the_l_generator1779 13 дней назад

      It so funny that Red Bull customers are angry that the "club" does not allow pyro and choreo. They support a marketing product that is all about family friendliness. What did they expect?

  • @Buffalo31
    @Buffalo31 12 дней назад +1

    Most clubs in England ( if not the world) came from workplaces/ factories. Just because Red bull isn't over 100 years old, it's still a business.

    • @bv6577
      @bv6577 5 дней назад

      No Club in Germany, except Leverkusen and Wolfsburg came from any kind of factories

  • @kevin_hat_erdbeeren2750
    @kevin_hat_erdbeeren2750 16 дней назад +6

    If you're already in Saxony come to Dresden 🖤💛

  • @ralphklar486
    @ralphklar486 6 дней назад

    Besides the point of the video, Your skins looking great mate hope it's stays clear for you lad. Great video again btw 👌🏼

  • @orubas
    @orubas 16 дней назад +11

    MK Dons shiuld be up there too

    • @IntrepidFC
      @IntrepidFC 16 дней назад

      MK Dons are too irrelevant to be hated around Europe

  • @6_m4l1k
    @6_m4l1k 16 дней назад

    as much as i enjoy your recent transition to football style doccumentaries/ challenges, i still miss your old videos like football shirt hunting for the most obscure and rare kits

  • @DogmaEarthwork
    @DogmaEarthwork 16 дней назад +4

    In Germany I recommend a very humble ground at Tasmania Berlin. Great (debatable) history of being the worst performing team to have ever played in the Bundesliga. I had a brilliant time.
    Later that week I saw Lok Leipzig play away at Altglienicke - Lok Leipzig have a very dedicated fan base. Not well liked by the left wing but very passionate for their team.

  • @surfer1690
    @surfer1690 16 дней назад +1

    The RB Salzburg logo you showed is the Ice hockey team... 😅 also Red Bull has the Munich Ice Hockey team who were going bankrupt before Red Bull stepped in.

  • @wastedsoviet
    @wastedsoviet 14 дней назад +3

    the dude at 16:30 saying everyone has to start at the bottom is so hilarious from an rb fan, cuz their club skipped the bottom leagues🤣

  • @weisersynthesizer
    @weisersynthesizer 15 дней назад +1

    "Besides lacking tradition: RB has bought its way to the top with the money of the soft drink manufacturer. Maybe they've done a good job, the problem is just: Many of the people who do this good job are also poached from other clubs with money that they haven't earned through football, but money that the corporation has pumped in. Additionally, they've found as many loopholes as possible to comply with the DFL's statutes. You've already noticed the connection of "Rasenballsport" and the club's crest. Moreover, the "Verein", that have to own the "majority" of the club's shares, only allows a small handful of members, all with good connections to the corporation.
    By the way: "Ciao Ciao!" or "Tschau Tschau" is a common way to say "By!" in Germany. He didn't think you're Italiens.

  • @nureinsniebel7555
    @nureinsniebel7555 15 дней назад +6

    I always feel like RB Leipzig is a toxic response to what happened with reunification. Investors from the West completely destroyed East German clubs like Lok or Chemie Leipzig. Currently, there are only two clubs that played in East German football now competing in the top two divisions of German football: Magdeburg and Union Berlin. East German football, although it wasn't as strong as its Western counterpart, was still fairly competitive, even internationally. Clubs like Magdeburg, Jena, or Lok Leipzig regularly advanced far in or even won international tournaments. The DFV also won Olympic gold in football. This ruin caused by reunification, evident in football, extended to other parts of life as well.
    The thing is, Leipzig just *needs* a good football club because, historically, Leipzig is the sports city of Germany. From gymnastics and athletics to racing sports and more, countless Olympic medal winners and world records have come from Leipzig. (It even had the largest stadium in all of Germany.) But even that changed with reunification and the closing down of the DHfK, Leipzig's elite sports university, which was essentially shut down so that the experts could move to the DSHS Cologne and establish it as the number one elite sports university in Germany. Now, it feels like the capitalist extremes that tore down East German football are coming back to haunt the clubs that benefited most over 30 years ago.

    • @tombstone3echo
      @tombstone3echo 13 дней назад +1

      First off: No city "needs" or "deserves" a football club, let alone a good one.
      The capitalist extremes that you blame for destroying east german football just didn't exist. It was the socialist extremes of the DDR that destroyed or rather doomed east german football way before reunification. Since players weren't given the possibility to leave (the DDR basically held all of their population as captives, now if that isnt a real extreme), the clubs didn't have to really compete with the western european clubs to keep good players and as a result offered less pay, worse infrastructure etc. etc.. Maybe it would've been better to keep the east and west leagues apart for a longer amount of time (maybe 10 years), so real top clubs could form in east germany, but the initial loss of quality was always going to happen and it wasn't the fault of capitalism or the west.

  • @ja1295
    @ja1295 2 дня назад

    I hate how many people outside of Germany that try to praise leipzig and act like their a good team thats good for football.
    They are anti football and go against what the sport is about

  • @lewiswells6002
    @lewiswells6002 16 дней назад +3

    What facial hair you talking about pal?

  • @LaBa_TV
    @LaBa_TV 13 дней назад +2

    There isn't much that feels worse than RB, maybe even sexually transmitted diseases

  • @tbn.z900
    @tbn.z900 14 дней назад +3

    you should ask the leipzig customers what fans they were before rb 😂😂😂 could be a funny thing

    • @olec3448
      @olec3448 11 дней назад +1

      whats wrong about being a customer to a great game of football?

    • @tbn.z900
      @tbn.z900 10 дней назад

      @@olec3448 everything. do you know who created football and who was able to go to the games? the leipzig customers are glory hunters, not more. if you love the game of football, you go to watch no matter what, but the reason all these people go there is because they have money and bought their promotions. you go to stadiums for the game and for the atmosphere. in leipzig (at least in the red bull arena) there is atmosphere like a graveyard. also the "fans" have completely no rights there since they are not members. being a fan of a club is a live decision. you love the club and live with it, or you become a plastic fan

    • @olec3448
      @olec3448 10 дней назад +1

      @@tbn.z900 you have a very intolerant view of how people should behave when all they want is have some fun and watch football. graveyard atmosphere isnt even true and you see it in the video. let them enjoy their champions league football and blame clubs like hsv, schalke and köln for wasting their potential.

    • @tbn.z900
      @tbn.z900 10 дней назад

      @@olec3448 😂😂 RB has no atmosphere at all. even worst than wolfsburg and hoffenheim, and thats hard to underbeat. if they watch football they could watch it on tv. you go to live games to have some stadium feeling. i've been to stadiums with 800 spectators and they had better atmosphere lol

  • @grantosborne-dq5hc
    @grantosborne-dq5hc 6 дней назад

    What facial hair was anyone talking about Ellis when you have none and never will haha 😂😂😂😂

  • @goodnightireneUTG
    @goodnightireneUTG 16 дней назад +3

    It’s gotta be Bristol city

  • @oliverlewis9080
    @oliverlewis9080 15 дней назад +2

    9:54, £4.63! If i'm gonna pay that for a can, it better give me wings

  • @RBLtalk
    @RBLtalk 16 дней назад +5

    Great video.
    The amount of hate I receive as a supporter is astronomical. You have to have a thick skin as I've had threats on my life, family and even threatened to shut down the podcast.
    The podcast isn't going away 😂

    • @sabundus590
      @sabundus590 16 дней назад +1

      *als Kunde

    • @RBLtalk
      @RBLtalk 16 дней назад +1

      @@sabundus590 your labels don't affect me 😂